Where does “-ég” come from?

-ég (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian -é-, from Hungarian -d, from Middle Welsh -nt — 3rd person plural verb ending.

-ég (Hungarian): Added to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form a verb expressing a (quickly) repeating or continuous action

Definitions

  1. Added to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form a verb expressing a (quickly) repeating or continuous action

Ancestry of “-ég”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarian-é-—
2Hungarian-dyour; Used in the second-person singular definite...
3Middle Welsh-nt3rd person plural verb ending

Words derived from “-ég”

Every word from Middle Welsh -nt →Every word from Hungarian -d →Every word from Hungarian -é- →